The characteristics of the Arab-Islamic city and its strategic dimensions

Abstract

Where there are some points that I was able to reach, including:

It is one of the strategy for building Arab cities that the location of the mosque in the center of the Islamic city is because of the ease of access of Muslims and people to the mosque in times of prayer, education, and others.

And also from the strategy of building Arab cities that surround the mosque, the market, the khans, and the owners of crafts, and the sellers of one commodity congregate in one place and this also has a scientific strategy that the citizen needs to easily sell his goods because of his proximity to the market, and buy the life and food needs that he needs from the life The other.

The presence of fences around the city, which has a military strategy to preserve the security of the city, and the presence of trenches covered with water helps to keep the enemy away from the city walls and draw the account of what may be a loss to the enemy who wants to invade the Islamic country.

Residential neighborhoods are divided according to kinship in one place.

Muslims took some of the characteristics of the Greek cities and others, but this is without there being a complete quote, but we can say partially, that is, they keep everything that is appropriate to the peculiarities of Islamic law, and this indicates the strategy of Islam in preserving all the best in preserving On human blood.

The Muslims kept the characteristics of the ancient cities of the pre-Islamic civilizations, so they did not destroy them, so that they kept the Christians their churches and beliefs, not even the houses of fire for the Magi, and this also after a strategy that indicates that the Muslims were looking at things through a large door in which they keep their relations from other religions.

The interest in the markets has been since the days of the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, where the account holder was put in place to monitor dishonest shopkeepers and maintain the balance of prices in a way that is compatible with the income of a person’s livelihood in that time, and this makes the value of the person reserved and there are those who protect him without feeling perhaps, and this also is a dimension A strategy to maintain state prestige.

As for the owners of shops selling meat, they were placed at the end of the market since the days of the Messenger, may God bless him and grant him peace, in order to preserve the health of people and the cleanliness of the meat, and it also has a strategic dimension in maintaining the non-proliferation of diseases in the Arab Islamic city and the safety of its citizens, and this represents the state's sophistication On the health side and keeping cities clean.

Choosing the right atmosphere for people to live in the right places, and the milestones of hygiene were present with the Muslims since the first day they decided to settle in the cities, so choosing the cities was one of its advantages, which is choosing healthy places whose air is characterized by pure healing such as Baghdad and others